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Small Grains And Field Peas: 2006 Variety Recommendations (2005 Crop Performance Results), Cooperative Extension Service, South Dakota State University
Small Grains And Field Peas: 2006 Variety Recommendations (2005 Crop Performance Results), Cooperative Extension Service, South Dakota State University
SDSU Extension Circulars
Variety selection is a fundamental element in a sound crop production program. This report contains variety recommendations, descriptions, and yield data for the spring-seeded small grains – hard red spring wheat, oat, and barley, along with the fall-seeded small grain –hard red winter wheat. Key factors in variety selection include yield, yield stability, maturity, straw strength, height, test weight, quality, and disease resistance. Yield is an important factor; however, a variety with good disease resistance, straw strength, and high grain quality may be more profitable in some cases than the highest yielding variety. Disease resistance information is based on reactions …
How To Calculate Machinery Ownership And Operating Costs, Burton Pflueger
How To Calculate Machinery Ownership And Operating Costs, Burton Pflueger
SDSU Extension Circulars
Machinery ownership and operating costs represent a substantial portion of total production expenses for South Dakota producers. Production practices today require increasingly specialized machinery and equipment and producers have to give more attention to the economics of their machinery investment alternatives. Large amounts of capital are invested in owning and operating farm machinery. Producers need to take time to manage their machinery investment to insure that they are achieving the desired return and efficiency. Machinery costs make up a significant part of the fixed and variable costs of any farm operation. However, they are sometimes difficult to calculate, particularly for …
Vegetable Gardening, Rhoda Burrows, David Graper
Vegetable Gardening, Rhoda Burrows, David Graper
SDSU Extension Circulars
This circular provides information on planning, planting, and growing a vegetable garden. Topics include: soil preparation, planting, irrigation, weed control, insect and disease control, crop selection, and vegetable preservation and storage.
Fertilizer Recommendations Guide, Jim Gerwig, Ron Gelderman
Fertilizer Recommendations Guide, Jim Gerwig, Ron Gelderman
SDSU Extension Circulars
South Dakota State University Soil Testing Lab fertilizer recommendations are based on field research in South Dakota and neighboring states. However, information from outside this region is used where only limited local data was available. The tables were developed as part of continuing cooperation between these states to standardize recommendations across the three-state area. The recommendations in the tables are generated by equations and, therefore, change consistently across yield goals and soil test levels. Due to space limitations, only the recommendations for selected yield goals and the soil test level at the center of each soil test range (very low, …